Co-Authors:
Japoshvili, G., Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, Agmashenebeli alley 13 km., Tbilisi, Georgia, Inverterbate Research Center, Agladze #26, Tbilisi, Georgia
Spodek, M., Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, POB 6, Bet Dagan, Israel, Department of Entomology, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, Rehovot, Israel
Ben-Dov, Y., Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, POB 6, Bet Dagan, Israel
Abstract:
During the years 2010 to 2013, parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were collected in Israel from five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae), namely, Kermes echinatus Balachowsky, K. greeni Bodenheimer, K. hermonensis Spodek and Ben-Dov, K. nahalali Bodenheimer and K. spatulatus Balachowsky. These collections resulted in thirteen parasitoid species including four species that are new to science: Aprostocetus bendovi Japoshvili sp.n., A. ghanimi Japoshvili sp.n., A. mendeli Japoshvili sp.n. and A. protasovi Japoshvili sp.n., seven new records for Israel, and nine species with sixteen new scale insect hosts. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.